mission-vision assignment

Help by Laurie Beth Jones "The Path" Creating your mission statement for work and for life

A mission statement is centered around the process, or what we do in order to acheive the end result - which is the vision.

By looking into our list of descriptive words we have chosen, I came up with a couple ideas for a mission statement: (I liked Mark's ideas for church names and sparked these thoughts below)

Our church name could be: Living Water Community Church (or something like that)

Our Mission: "To be living water in our community as Christ's love flows through us obediently offering hope, comfort, forgiveness and love. "

Proverbs 16:3
Commit your work (your mission) to the Lord and your plans (your vision) will be established

Ezekiel 47: 1-2 really rang true to me as a great example for a vision statement for our church.

He brought me back to the entrance of the Temple, where a stream came out from under the Temple threshold and flowed eastward…The man went to the east holding his measuring line and measured off a thousand cubits; he then made me wade across the stream; the water reached my ankles. ….the water reached my knees….the water reached my waist…it was now a river impossible to cross. …he took me further…there were many trees on each bank of the river. ..and flowing into the sea it makes its waters wholesome…wherever the river flows, all living creatures teeming in it will live. Fish will be very plentiful, for wherever the water goes it brings health, and life teems wherever the river flows. There will be fishermen on its banks. Fishing nets will be spread from En-gedi to En-eglaim. The fish will be as varied and as plentiful as the fish of the Great Sea….Along the river, on either bank will grow every kind of fruit tree with leaves that never wither and fruit that never fails; they will bear new fruit every month, because the water comes from the sanctuary. And their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.

Below is an idea on how we could apply this to our vision statement

"In Christ, we are living water flowing into our community bringing health, healing and life until we become like a mighty river. Wherever we go Christ flows through us giving life to others – we give freely in Christ our love, our services, ourselves. We line the streets providing food for the hungry and comfort for the sick. Our fruits never fail and our leaves never wither. "

Blessings